About Ambit:
Ambit is a healthcare technology and services company that provides data, analytics, consulting, and platform-based offerings to biopharma companies with a focus on rare and specialty diseases. Ambit capabilities include the areas of Strategy, Digital, Analytics, Digital Transformation, and Patient Identification & Activation.
About Ambit Leadership:
Ambit is led by a team of entrepreneurs with decades of rare and specialty disease experience and a passion to deliver data-driven innovation for our Biopharma partners.
Overview:
At Ambit we are on a mission to transform the world of rare and specialty disease. We are looking for people who excel in their work and are able to manage ambiguity with resourcefulness and creativity. Our core values are:
- Set high standards
- Deliver on ambitious goals
- Be relentless and innovative
- Be responsible and trusted
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to work at the intersection of Data Engineering and DevOps, playing a vital role in developing and maintaining our data infrastructure while ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of our data analytics products. As a Data Engineer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, software developers, and product teams, to enable the seamless integration of data-driven solutions with our software products.
As Data Engineer, you will:
· Design, develop, and maintain the data infrastructure and systems to support Ambit products, solutions, and projects.
· Build and optimize data pipelines for extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) large volumes of data from various sources into our data environment in a structured format suitable for analysis.
· Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to understand data requirements and design efficient and scalable data processing workflows.
· Develop algorithms and workflows to clean, transform, and integrate data from multiple sources, ensuring its quality and consistency.
· Implement data governance policies, access controls, and security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
· Optimize data processing and retrieval performance to ensure efficient and timely access to data.
· Work closely with product teams, especially developers, to integrate data-driven solutions with our software products, ensuring seamless functionality and performance.
· Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines for software build, testing, and deployment, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery.
· Implement infrastructure-as-code principles to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure resources.
· Set up monitoring and logging systems to ensure the availability, performance, and security of our software systems.
· Manage system configurations, ensuring consistency across different environments, and employ orchestration tools to automate deployment and scaling.
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify areas for process improvement and implement DevOps best practices.
· Stay updated with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in Data Engineering and DevOps to drive innovation within the organization.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
· Strong experience in data engineering, including data pipeline development, data integration, and data management.
· Strong BioPharma or Life Sciences domain knowledge including industry processes, commonly available/used data sources as well as data management, and regulatory compliance requirements.
· Experience and proficiency in handling secondary data sources such as claims data (835/837), EMR/EHR, EDI 852/867, sell-in data, Rx dispense, formulary data, as well as digital and sales force execution data.
· Life sciences-specific knowledge in master data management for entities such as patient, HCP, HCO, and MCO; as well as reference data management including medical codes such as ICD, CPT, HCPCS, NDC, etc. and clinical/medical taxonomies such as HPO and SNOMED CT.
· Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala, with experience in SQL and database technologies.
· Demonstrated expertise and experience in working with Microsoft Azure cloud platform, including knowledge of Azure services such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
· Hands-on experience in deploying and managing data and application workloads on Azure, leveraging Azure services for data engineering and DevOps tasks.
· Solid understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD practices, and experience with tools like Jenkins, Git, and configuration management systems.
· Experience in defining and deploying infrastructure resources programmatically using infrastructure-as-code tools and techniques in Azure environments, including resource grouping, tagging, and parameterization for scalable and reusable deployments.
· Understanding of Azure security and compliance practices, including experience implementing data governance, access controls, and security measures in Azure environments.
· Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with tight deadlines.
We offer competitive compensation $120,000 – 135,000, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative and innovative work environment.
Qualities that we seek:
In addition to strong educational background and relevant work experience, we evaluate the following:
- Problem solving abilities
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Organization and planning skills
- Interested in growing and taking on additional responsibilities as part of a fast-paced entrepreneurial work environment
- Work ethic
We treat our team right:
Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:
- A young startup filled with passionate and fun teammates, dedicated to changing every life touched by rare disease
- Equity package (Full time employees)
- Flexible vacation policy with company wide shutdowns to unplug, rest, and recharge
- 401 (k) (Full time employees)
- Medical, dental, vision & disability insurance (Full time employees)
- Parental leave (Full time employees)
Effective November 1, 2021, all new US hires must be fully vaccinated* or subject to a religious or medical exemptions.
